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Storm Coverage: Nasty Weather Knocks Out Power, Closes Schools

It might be a little tough to make your morning coffee if you live in the Greater Moncton area.

Nearly 15,000 people don’t have power in the Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe region after the season’s first big blast of snow and high wind hit parts of New Brunswick.

Province-wide NB Power is dealing with more than 41,000 outages.

The Fredericton area is the hardest hit with over 21,000 people in the dark.

Meantime, a number of schools won’t have classes today in the Moncton area.

Francophone South:

All schools the Moncton-Dieppe-Shédiac and Bouctouche are closed.

Francophone South:

All schools in the Richibouctou – Saint-Louis-Baie Sainte-Anne- Rogersville and Miramichi are closed.

U de M closed until 1pm

Anglophone North schools closed in Rexton and Miramichi

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12:24 pm, Apr 19, 2026
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